Guidebook for Dallas

Amanda
Guidebook for Dallas

Food Scene

A top option for breakfast featuring a full bar and amazing pancakes, baked oatmeal and coffee.
Lakewood Heights
A top option for breakfast featuring a full bar and amazing pancakes, baked oatmeal and coffee.
A great quick option for breakfast or lunch, our favorite is the Acai bowl.
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Unleavened Fresh Kitchen
1900 Abrams Pkwy
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A great quick option for breakfast or lunch, our favorite is the Acai bowl.
Great green juices and smoothies!
Roots Juices
3527 Oak Lawn Ave
Great green juices and smoothies!
Breakfast and lunch made from locally grown ingredients.
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Garden Cafe
5310 Junius St
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Breakfast and lunch made from locally grown ingredients.
A bit farther away, but the donuts are legendary! Try the Homer or the Elvis Presley.
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Hypnotic Donuts & Biscuits
9007 Garland Rd
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A bit farther away, but the donuts are legendary! Try the Homer or the Elvis Presley.
A laid-back bar and restaurant with a very large outdoor patio, children’s play area, volleyball courts and dog parks, as well as live music.
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The LOT
7530 E Grand Ave
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A laid-back bar and restaurant with a very large outdoor patio, children’s play area, volleyball courts and dog parks, as well as live music.
If you are looking for great Tex-Mex in the area, look no further. The Bob Armstrong dip is legendary.
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Matt's Rancho Martinez
1904 Skillman St
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If you are looking for great Tex-Mex in the area, look no further. The Bob Armstrong dip is legendary.
Wood-fired Neopolitan pizza with great indoor and outdoor seating. Pizza is thin crust and cooks in just 70 seconds. The dessert pizza should not be overlooked!
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Cane Rosso
7328 Gaston Ave
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Wood-fired Neopolitan pizza with great indoor and outdoor seating. Pizza is thin crust and cooks in just 70 seconds. The dessert pizza should not be overlooked!
A Dallas favorite that just opened a location in the neighborhood, this is refined Mexican food that offers a lot of interesting cocktails and unique twists on your recognizable favorites. The Mexican lasagna is a great option.
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Meso Maya Comida Y Copas
4123 Abrams Rd
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A Dallas favorite that just opened a location in the neighborhood, this is refined Mexican food that offers a lot of interesting cocktails and unique twists on your recognizable favorites. The Mexican lasagna is a great option.
Our favorite restaurant in the area, this small gas-station-turned-restaurant features a take on Vietnamese food that you can’t find anywhere else. Garlic noodles and imperial rolls are favorite shared dishes. Reservations recommended, closed Sundays and Mondays.
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Mot Hai Ba
6047 Lewis St
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Our favorite restaurant in the area, this small gas-station-turned-restaurant features a take on Vietnamese food that you can’t find anywhere else. Garlic noodles and imperial rolls are favorite shared dishes. Reservations recommended, closed Sundays and Mondays.
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Steel City Pops
2012 Greenville Ave
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Drive through local coffee (the BEST chai latte and iced coffee around).
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White Rock Coffee Express
4216 Abrams Rd
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Drive through local coffee (the BEST chai latte and iced coffee around).

Drinks & Nightlife

A true dive bar with surprisingly gourmet food (and a great blue-plate special on Sundays).
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Cock & Bull Neighborhood Pub
6330 Gaston Ave
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A true dive bar with surprisingly gourmet food (and a great blue-plate special on Sundays).
A speak-easy with no sign (look for the bouncer!) that makes amazing craft cocktails in the heart of Deep Ellum.
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Black Swan Saloon
2708 Elm St
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A speak-easy with no sign (look for the bouncer!) that makes amazing craft cocktails in the heart of Deep Ellum.
Neighborhood Dive Bar
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The Goat
7248 Gaston Ave
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Neighborhood Dive Bar
Wine!
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Times Ten Cellars
6324 Prospect Ave
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Wine!
Beer!
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The Ginger Man Lakewood
6341 La Vista Drive
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Beer!

Parks & Nature

A must-visit arboretum at White Rock Lake. Known especially for their tulip festival in the spring, these gardens are unlike anything you've ever seen. There are some cafes on the premises as well. Great for kids and adults alike!
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The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
8525 Garland Rd
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A must-visit arboretum at White Rock Lake. Known especially for their tulip festival in the spring, these gardens are unlike anything you've ever seen. There are some cafes on the premises as well. Great for kids and adults alike!
An amazing lake with a 9.2 mile trail for running, walking or biking.
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White Rock Lake
2810 White Rock Rd
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An amazing lake with a 9.2 mile trail for running, walking or biking.
Walk to this park from the house - there's a playground and large open spaces! The park also connects to the Santa Fe Trail, which for the ambitious runner can take you all the way to White Rock Lake.
Lindsley Park
Walk to this park from the house - there's a playground and large open spaces! The park also connects to the Santa Fe Trail, which for the ambitious runner can take you all the way to White Rock Lake.
A park built above the highway! Truly unique to Dallas - this is outside of the Art's District and there are almost always food trucks parked there to enjoy as well.
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Klyde Warren Park
2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy
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A park built above the highway! Truly unique to Dallas - this is outside of the Art's District and there are almost always food trucks parked there to enjoy as well.

Arts & Culture

Free admission - open late on Thursdays!
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Dallas Museum of Art
1717 N Harwood St
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Free admission - open late on Thursdays!
Amazing event venue - check out the current offerings and see a show!
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Winspear Opera House
2403 Flora St
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Amazing event venue - check out the current offerings and see a show!
Museum devoted to J.F.K. close to the Grassy Knoll
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The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
411 Elm St
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Museum devoted to J.F.K. close to the Grassy Knoll

Entertainment & Activities

A unique movie theater concept that shows current movies but also has fun special features, such as monthly 90's singalong nights!
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
1005 S Lamar St
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A unique movie theater concept that shows current movies but also has fun special features, such as monthly 90's singalong nights!
See a basketball or hockey game, or enjoy one of the many concerts that come through.
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American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Pk Ln
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See a basketball or hockey game, or enjoy one of the many concerts that come through.
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Aonach Stáit Texas
3809 Grand Ave
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Essentials

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Whole Foods Market
2510 McKinney Ave
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Not 24 Hours!
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CVS
1411 Main
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Not 24 Hours!
10 days for $10 pass - Janie's class on Sundays is a local legend!
Uptown Yoga Lakewood
7330 Gaston Ave
10 days for $10 pass - Janie's class on Sundays is a local legend!
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Faulkner's Fine Dry Cleaning
1912 Abrams Pkwy
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The BEST massage ever - book in advance and e-mail Norma if there is no availability showing online, she can usually get you in.
360 Massage Therapy
360 massage street
The BEST massage ever - book in advance and e-mail Norma if there is no availability showing online, she can usually get you in.

Sightseeing

Iconic observation deck with city views (go at night then eat at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the tower afterward!)
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Reunion Tower
300 Reunion Blvd E
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Iconic observation deck with city views (go at night then eat at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the tower afterward!)